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Old June 25, 2009, 09:45 PM
whitelight whitelight is offline
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Lightbulb What do all the letters and numbers mean?

Be aware that I will ask all those noob questions that I can't seem to find reliable research on but here goes.

I am building a computer and decided to go with

G.SKill 8500 CL5D 4GBPI 8500 4GB (2x2) DDR2 - 1066 CLS 5-5-5-15 240pin Dual Channel Memory

but they ran out at Ncix.com so I saw something else that looked like the exact same memory except for the other memory had 4GBPK it had a K instead of the I and one was more expensive then the other. I'd tell you which but they've been having troubles with the site and nothing is loading up lol.

Otheriwse I know 4GB (2x2) mean two sticks of ram at 2GB a piece, DDR2 I have no idea, 1066 I think is MHz but not sure, CLS 5-5-5-15 is various clock speeds which I'm sure have something to do with overclocking but again not sure, 240pin I imagine is the connecting port. oh and CL5D... no idea what that means

If anyone can answer these innane newb questions then I'm all ears
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